Another day, another complaint about wine scores. At Wine Searcher, Joel Peterson, head winemaker at Ravenswood, in response to a question about the 100-point scoring
Tag: objectivity and taste
At a Wine Tasting the Most Important Serving Might Be the Crackers
Did the Sauvignon Blanc in your glass, which was so refreshing in the past, make you pucker like a Victoria’s Secret model? Did the over-oaked
Can You Convince a Coke Lover to Prefer Pepsi?
A variety of studies (e.g. here, and here) have shown that brands make foods taste better. Judgments about quality are influenced by price, image, and
Criticism and Objectivity: A Moral Imperative
Questions about the objectivity of food or wine appreciation could be easily resolved if a certain picture of how taste works were true. That picture
Queer Flavors
The question of whether flavors are “in the wine” or “in the mind” is difficult to answer, in part, because even experienced wine tasters disagree
Wine, Objectivity, and a Taste for Purple Haze
Any consideration of objectivity in wine tasting must take into consideration a fundamental fact. Our experiences of taste and smell are not “pure” or “uninterpreted”
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 